Matthew 15:38:8Matt.15.38.W8TAB
γυναικῶν
gynaikôn
“women”
- Transliteration
- gy-nai-KÔN
- Extended
- gy-nai-KOHN
- IPA
- /gy.naiˈkɔːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- women
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Alphabet Analysis
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
gy-nai-KÔN
- sentence
hoi de es-THI-on-tes Ê-san te-tra-kis-KHI-li-oi AN-dres khō-RIS gy-nai-KÔN kai pai-DI-ōn
Exegesis
The preposition choris {χωρὶς | chōrís} ‘apart from’ introduces an excluding genitive construction, governing gynaikōn {γυναικῶν | gynaikôn} ‘of women’ and paidiōn {παιδίων | paidíōn} ‘of children’, with kai {καὶ | kaí} coordinating the two genitives as a single set outside the counted total. The syntax thus moves from identifying the participants by their action (those who were eating), to stating their number (four thousand men), and finally to clarifying that women and children are excluded from the count. In English, the formal rendering preserves the sequential logic with “apart from,” while the dynamic rendering uses “not counting” to make the excluding force of choris explicit and easily understood.
Root and etymology
gynēgamma–upsilon–nu–eta
“woman, wife”
In context — Matthew 15:38
And those who were eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children .
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:38:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Matthew 15:38, so the Greek word γυναικῶν (gynaikôn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.15.38.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.38.W8.S1) and character.